I can't imagine any problem with carrying $1500, although it's a thick wad of 20s. I never recall removing my wallet from my pocket (or being asked to do so). I doubt we'll ever be rid of the Officious A**h*le profile, a infectious disease which so often infects lower level federal employees whose on the job and/or personal lives must be frustrating. Maybe it's short tenure or turnover, but the "rankers" still seem to be over-impressed with their original briefings and training, although I seem to encounter fewer "Cop Wannabes" manning the stations. Lately, it seems that the TSA has been sending (some of its) supervisors to "Charm School", for my propensity for pleasantly-framed nit picking has not been greeted by the cold stare and negative reaction I used to get. If they refuse, call for a supervisor, if the supervisor refuses, get their names and badge numbers and ask for a LEO.You do, and after a few minutes of pleasant discussion with the supervisor at ORF Sunday, he (at least in the case of my wife) came to a position of obeying the rules, even though the physical set up there made doing so almost impossible. (snippagio).As far as I know, you have the right to keep all your possessions in sight at all times going through the checkpoints and whenever the TSA has to open and inspect your personal possessions at the checkpoint, I believe SATTSO has even said so. But my point is that summoning law enforcement may not be as effective as you believe it will. It took forever and served absolutely no purpose. The supervisor looked at each and every bill, one by one (total $405). The standoff would have lasted forever except that a TSA supervisor finally agreed to manually examine the contents of my wallet in front of me while another smurf took the empty wallet to be x-rayed. He just kept demanding that I comply with whatever TSA wanted me to do. If they refuse, call for a supervisor, if the supervisor refuses, get their names and badge numbers and ask for a LEO.Last month at FLL (posted elsewhere), when the TSA thugs tried to walk off with my wallet, summoning the deputy sheriff sitting right there at the checkpoint was less than useless for me. If they refuse, call for a supervisor, if the supervisor refuses, get their names and badge numbers and ask for a LEO. If any TSA then wants to rescan my wallet out of my line of sight, and refuses to give me my credit cards, ID’s and money, I will demand a LEO be present to make sure none of the TSA’s have sticky fingers and help themselves to some free money, which has happened on too many occasions lately.Īs far as I know, you have the right to keep all your possessions in sight at all times going through the checkpoints and whenever the TSA has to open and inspect your personal possessions at the checkpoint, I believe SATTSO has even said so. If the TSA wants to inspect my personal belongings, they cannot open it until I give them the combination to the locks so they have to open it in my presence. Besides my normal roll a board, I travel with a hard shell attaché case as my personal carry on, I always put my wallet and in my attaché case and lock it, same with my carry on.
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